PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alexandre Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Stubb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Santos
vs
Stubb

178 cm
25
175 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

189 cm
25
179 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Alexandre Santos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Alexander Stubb!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, David Hoff and Santiago Holmes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Stubb lands a big right hand that sends Santos crashing to the mat! Stubb stays standing though and waves Santos back to his feet!

It looks like Alexandre Santos has been cut.
Stubb dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Santos has his takedown stuffed
and Stubb counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Santos thinking.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Stubb clinches.
Stubb digs a right hand underneath Santos's ribcage. Santos let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Santos is breathing heavily.
Santos is trying to push Stubb away but Stubb has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Stubb scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Stubb lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Stubb softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stubb lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Santos backwards.
Stubb lands with a light punch inside.
Stubb scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice right hand lands inside from Stubb.

Stubb drops Santos onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Santos is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

Santos is rocked!
Stubb digs a right hand underneath Santos's ribcage. Santos let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Oh Santos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Stubb unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Santos! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Stubb is unloading with more strikes now! Santos drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexander Stubb!